Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: Hopeless
Root: Hope
Meaning: Without hope Related words: Hopelessness, Hopeful, Hoped, Hoping,
My word: Breathless
Root: Breath
Meaning: Without breath
Related words: Breathlessness, Breathing, Breathed, Breather
My word: priceless
Root: Price
Meaning: Without price
Related words, Pricey, Pricing, reprice
EXAMPLE:
My word: Hopeless
Root: Hope
Meaning: Without hope
Related words: Hopelessness, Hopeful, Hoped, Hoping,
My word: Breathless
Root: Breath
Meaning: Without breath
Related words: Breathlessness, Breathing, Breathed, Breather
My word: priceless
Root: Price
Meaning: Without price
Related words, Pricey, Pricing, reprice